India, U.K. to Cooperate on Helicopter Deal Probe

By

Santanu Choudhury And

Prasanta Sahu

Updated Feb. 19, 2013 9:39 a.m. ET

NEW DELHI--India and the U.K. Tuesday agreed to cooperate on investigations into allegations that bribes were paid in a 556-million-euro ($750 million) deal won by a U.K. unit of Italian defense contractor Finmeccanica SpA to supply a dozen helicopters to India.

The announcement by the prime ministers of the two countries came at a time the Indian government is facing growing criticism from opposition parties over the 2010 contract...